Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Tofflerwas an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 October 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
suffering information individual
Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances.
civilization skills together-again
One of the most highly developed skills in contemporary Western civilization is dissection: the split -up of problems into their smallest possible components. We are good at it. So good, we often forget to put the pieces back together again.
business thinking textiles
To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
change breathing perspective
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives, and it is important to look at it closely, not merely from the grand perspectives of history, but also from the vantage point of the living, breathing individuals who experience it.
gay rights law
The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world.
sausage profit knows
Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.
change technology growling
The great growling engine of change - technology.
mass-destruction media wind
The Second Wave Society is industrial and based on mass production, mass distribution, mass consumption, mass education, mass media, mass recreation, mass entertainment, and weapons of mass destruction. You combine those things with standardization, centralization, concentration, and synchronization, and you wind up with a style of organization we call bureaucracy.
change spiritual future
Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.
science talking together
The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.
education teaching illiterate-person
The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.
technology civilization political
The political technology of the Industrial age is no longer appropriate technology for the new civilization taking form around us. Our politics are obsolete.
space information substitutes
Information is a substitute for time, space, capital, and labor.
writing learning illiterate-person
In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again.